Belarus increases oil pumping tariffs

Tariffs for transportation of oil to Belarusian oil-processing plants and its transit across Belarus will increase by 11% on February  1. “RIA Novosti” informs about it referring to a source in the Belarusian Ministry of Economy. "Tariffs for oil transportation from the Belarusian border to oil-processing plants have been defined by statement #16 of the Ministry of Economy and tariffs for transit – by statement #17”, - said a representative of the Ministry of Economy.
The tariffs have been converted according to the methods of tariff changes for oil transportation services included in the pack of documents signed by the Belarusian and Russian governments on January 27. The old oil transit and transportation tariffs used to be calculated in euro in Belarus, now they will be performed with the help of Russian rubles.